Drug probe: NCB arrests two more in Sushant Singh Rajput case

NCB had earlier arrested Sejnani and Furniturewala, former assistant of a Bollywood actress, on January 9 in a separate case after the agency raided their residences in Khar and Bandra, respectively

As part of its continuous investigation into the drug angle of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death in 2020, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday night arrested two more persons, British national Karan Sejnani and celebrity manager Rahila Furniturewala.

Sushant Singh Rajput. (HT Archive)

NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede confirmed that the two were arrested in connection with the case. The number of arrests made by the agency in the case has now gone up to 33.

NCB had earlier arrested Sejnani and Furniturewala, former assistant of a Bollywood actress, on January 9 in a separate case after the agency raided their residences in Khar and Bandra, respectively, and seized around 200 kilograms of imported strains of marijuana.

NCB claimed that Furniturewala was in touch with alleged drug supplier Anuj Keshwani who was arrested on September 6 last year in connection with the death of Rajput. The agency had raided Keshwani’s house in Khar and had seized 590gm hashish, 0.64gm LSD sheets, 304gm marijuana, including imported marijuana joints and capsules, and ₹1.85 lakh in cash and some foreign currency.

Sejnani was allegedly supplying imported strains of marijuana to Furniturewala and Keshwani, said NCB officials.

Sejnani was arrested following a specific input, after NCB officers seized around 340 grams of marijuana from three parcels during raids at the office of a courier company in Bandra. After arresting Sejnani and seizing drugs from his residence, the agency also raided Furniturewala’s home and seized 5kg of marijuana.

During Sejnani’s interrogation, the agency found a connection to Sameer Khan, the son in-law of Maharashtra Cabinet minister Nawab Malik, in connection with a drug case and arrested him. The agency allegedly found Khan’s bank account transactions in which ₹20,000 was exchanged between Khan and Sejnani through Google Pay.